Why A-Corp Matters (to me)

I've spent the majority of the last decade facilitating collaborations with artists and makers.

Over time, I've become someone artists come to when they don't know how to advocate for themselves or when they're being taken advantage of. It always sucks and sometimes there's no way to fix it.

It's jarring to hear about a gallery show where works sold and the artist did not get paid. It's infuriating when someone fronts production costs and is never reimbursed. It's exhausting when an artist pours time and money into a collaboration and the other side does not hold up their end. It kills me to see predatory practices in the traditional art market that target the young and uninformed.

These are not isolated incidents. They are patterns.

A-Corp, to me, is about building infrastructure where artists are not structurally disadvantaged from the start. Where agreements are clear. Where value is visible. Where leverage is not one sided.

I am interested in contracts artists can actually understand. Transparent revenue splits. Secondary participation. Shared ownership models. Clear expectations before work begins, not after something goes wrong.

I am here in this DFOS space to help think through frameworks, precedents, and tools that make this standard practice. If we are building something new, it should materially protect the people creating the value.

What brings you to A-Corp? What does this space mean to you?

We build meaning together here in DFOS and the most useful thing we can do is stay close to what's actually happening. I want to hear what you're navigating, what patterns you're seeing, what's working and what isn't. The more we talk through the real stuff, the better what we build becomes. 🌲